WootBot

Are you sick of throwing a surge protector party and being the only one who provides any surge protectors? It seems like it should be common courtesy to bring a surge protector or three if you're invited. And it's DEFINITELY a faux pas to take yours home at the end of the night.

theco2

Keep in mind, with the EcoFicient and SMART Surge they have to have so much electricity running through the outlet, to even power on the managed outlets. My laptop wasn't enough to turn on, but my heater fan sure did the trick. I'm not sure how much it takes for it to be useful, but beware.

chezteladog

So which ones are better? The Acoustic Research or the SMART one? The AR clearly is the bigger discount and it would be logical to assume that they're higher retail price would mean they are a higher quality unit but the fact that they're discounted far more heavily would suggest that they may have problems. Not much in the way of reviews out there on either of these things.

hswconti

dnlkolender

theco2 wrote:Keep in mind, with the EcoFicient and SMART Surge they have to have so much electricity running through the outlet, to even power on the managed outlets. My laptop wasn't enough to turn on, but my heater fan sure did the trick. I'm not sure how much it takes for it to be useful, but beware.

It's a great idea, if your main source uses enough power.

Looks good, nice deal, but I'll stick with my might Tripp-Lite brand protector. Now if I didn't already have one... nope, no dice! Not enough outlets, mine has 12.

LXE

I bought the EcoFicient last time it was offered. Very happy with it. When I shutdown my PC from within Windows it automatically turns off the two managed outlets (monitor and speakers for me). I'd buy it again.

Woot.com is operated by Woot Services LLC.
Products on Woot.com are sold by Woot, Inc., other than items on Wine.Woot which are sold by the seller specified on the product detail page.
Product narratives are for entertainment purposes and frequently employ
literary point of view;
the narratives do not express Woot's editorial opinion.
Aside from literary abuse, your use of this site also subjects you to Woot's
terms of use
and
privacy policy.
Woot may designate a user comment as a Quality Post, but that doesn't mean we agree with or guarantee anything said or linked to in that post.